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Bank of America will pay hourly workers at least $24 per hour — a big jump from early 2019, when it paid $15 per hour. It has launched a series of pay raises as the industry struggles to fill bank teller jobs.

An excerpt from KCRW's "The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast" on whether eating chicken or fish is ultimately better for the environment.

Pyrotechnic amusements from sparklers to Roman candles have long been a staple of celebrations in the U.S. and beyond, helping to mark national holidays, sporting events and more.

A holiday guide to the most iconic tracks picked to enter the country's audio 'hall of fame.'

Reporters for NPR traveled across North and South Dakota to see the challenges older adults in rural areas face when they need medical care — and to see what it's like for the people trying to help.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Joan Chen. The actor is getting Oscar buzz for the new film, "Dìdi," in which Chen plays the mother of a Taiwanese-American skater kid in the Bay Area.

This year's Lasker Prize for public service goes to South African researchers Salim and Quarraisha Abdool-Karim. The married couple made a startling discovery about HIV — and did something about it.

Before B-boys and B-girls were competing at the Olympics, breaking became sidewalk sensation in the 1970s and 1980s.

1A travels to Austin, Texas, to explore how to create a more vibrant civic culture.

An oral language rich in history from Peru is having a moment, with artists using it in hip hop, rap, trap, and pop music.

Voters in 76 countries are going to the polls this year – including the five largest democracies. And this surge of voting comes as democracy has been in decline.

Carbon dioxide accounts for about two-thirds of all earth-warming greenhouse gases.